Portal Studio

Pick your display, tune the portal on a simulated screen, then put the same animation on your board.
NOTE: Colors in preview might be darker or lighter on actual display.

Pick your display, tune the portal on a simulated screen, then put the exact same animation on your microcontroller.

Preview

Pixel colour of your module

Display model

Put it on your board

Install the libraries

In the Arduino IDE, open Library Manager, search and install it. Choose “Install all” so Adafruit GFX comes along.

This screen needs an ESP32. If you haven't set one up yet: open Boards Manager, search esp32, install “esp32 by Espressif Systems”, then pick your board under Tools → Board.
Upload the sketch

Copy the sketch below, paste it into a new sketch (File → New), pick your board and port, then click Upload. Your current model and settings are baked in.
Tune it live over USB (optional)

Once the sketch is on the board, you can send new settings straight over the USB cable without re-uploading. The board saves them. Close the Arduino Serial Monitor first. Needs Chrome or Edge on a computer.

Send every change

Settings

Style

Portal size Shape 1.00 is round, higher is a wide oval Spiral arms Twist Spin speed Sparks Ripples How many rings expand out of the centre at once Ripple speed Star density How many stars fill the scene Centre glow size How far the white glow and soft rings reach from the centre Rim smoothness 0% is the wobbly energy edge, 100% is a perfectly smooth round ring

Fade through colour sets

The portal fades through each set below in order, then starts over. Set 1 is also your main colours. Up to 4 sets.

Presets fill the selected set

Time for each fade min sec

Brightness Dims the portal's colours. The backlight itself stays on.

Slow drift (reduces burn-in) I2C address

Your board & wiring

Your board

Portal Studio

Preview

Display model

Put it on your board

Install the libraries

Upload the sketch

Tune it live over USB (optional)

Settings

Your board & wiring

VortexPortal.ino